Air pollution control policies and impacts: A review

T Feng, Y Sun, Y Shi, J Ma, C Feng, Z Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution, due to its detrimental impacts on the environment, economy, and human
health, has emerged as a significant global challenge. To curb air pollution, policymakers …

Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes

Z An, RJ Huang, R Zhang, X Tie, G Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Regional severe haze represents an enormous environmental problem in China, influencing
air quality, human health, ecosystem, weather, and climate. These extremes are …

[HTML][HTML] Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2. 5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales

EE McDuffie, RV Martin, JV Spadaro, R Burnett… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is the world's leading environmental health risk
factor. Reducing the PM 2.5 disease burden requires specific strategies that target dominant …

Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China

X Huang, A Ding, J Gao, B Zheng, D Zhou… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To control the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), China imposed nationwide
restrictions on the movement of its population (lockdown) after the Chinese New Year of …

Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality

J Cheng, D Tong, Q Zhang, Y Liu, Y Lei… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Clean air policies in China have substantially reduced particulate matter (PM2. 5) air
pollution in recent years, primarily by curbing end-of-pipe emissions. However, reaching the …

Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

J Lelieveld, A Pozzer, U Pöschl, M Fnais… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Long-term exposure of humans to air pollution enhances the risk of cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases. A novel Global Exposure Mortality Model (GEMM) has been derived …

[HTML][HTML] Fine particulate matter (PM) trends in China, 2013–2018: separating contributions from anthropogenic emissions and meteorology

S Zhai, DJ Jacob, X Wang, L Shen, K Li… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is a severe air pollution problem in China.
Observations of PM 2.5 have been available since 2013 from a large network operated by …

Exploring the relationship between air pollution and meteorological conditions in China under environmental governance

Y Liu, Y Zhou, J Lu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Extensive studies have been carried out on the impact of human activities on air pollution,
but systematic investigation on the relationship between air pollutant and meteorological …

Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017

Q Zhang, Y Zheng, D Tong, M Shao… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
From 2013 to 2017, with the implementation of the toughest-ever clean air policy in China,
significant declines in fine particle (PM2. 5) concentrations occurred nationwide. Here we …

Toxic potency-adjusted control of air pollution for solid fuel combustion

D Wu, H Zheng, Q Li, L Jin, R Lyu, X Ding, Y Huo… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The combustion of solid fuels, including coal and biomass, is a main anthropogenic source
of atmospheric particulate matter (PM). The hidden costs have been underestimated due to …